sohel wrote:It is a great shame that the number of teams chosen from each continent is a little biased.
For example: Europe is much better than North America as a whole ( at least in recent times ) , but from what i have seen -- this time 20 teams are participating from Europe and
25 from North America.
I think the rule should be something like the FIFA world cup....... in which previous performance of the continents holds the key in choosing the number of teams.... Since N.American's performance last year was not up to the mark , the number of NA teams should be decreased to 15/16.
I wonder why the US students are not doing so well, I thought the best students go their for higher studies................ guess I am wrong.
Good luck to the participants........ may be we will be able to find out who the best in the business is.
The finals slots are allocated almost entirely by the number of teams that compete in the regionals. Until recently, the vast majority of teams have been North American. As Europe, Asia, and the southern hemisphere have developed more regional participation, their representation at the finals has increased. Bill Poucher, the contest director, has been a very big proponent of internationalizing the contest and trying to facilitate equal opportunity from all regions.
